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Darktrace pros and cons

Vendor: Darktrace
4.1 out of 5
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PROS

Darktrace offers highly stable performance and requires minimal human intervention for threat elimination.
Antigena provides an autonomous response capability, effectively blocking unwanted activities like ransomware and denial-of-service attacks.
Machine learning functionalities in Darktrace help reduce the effort of security teams by automatically detecting threats and identifying potential network risks.
The alert system in Darktrace delivers actionable and meaningful alerts, prioritizing important events over noise.
Advanced AI and machine learning tools enable Darktrace to detect abnormal network activities and provide comprehensive insights into network traffic and activities.

CONS

Darktrace lacks endpoint capabilities and should enhance endpoint security features for remote workers.
The pricing is considered high and could benefit from a more flexible, improved pricing model.
There is a need for more automation and integration with third-party security tools.
Darktrace requires better notification capabilities and enhanced management dashboards for easy management.
It has a high ratio of false positives, requiring significant fine-tuning to reduce unnecessary alerts.
 

Darktrace Pros review quotes

VI
Dec 16, 2020
It is very easy to work with Darktrace once you know how it works and the type of permissions that you need to get related to the security over a network. The interface is awesome. I'm sure that you have seen Ironman, and you know Jarvis, the computer of Tony Stark. The interface of Darktrace is very similar, and you can see in 3D, like a hologram, the whole network, traffic, and all the traces inside the network. The interface is awesome, and it provides a lot of information. At least for us, it is very easy to handle this interface, get the reports, and do the interpretation of those reports. Darktrace also provides mobile monitoring. With an app on your mobile phone, you can view the information live, which is very useful for area directors and field engineers. Darktrace can be also correlated with any type of big data solution, such as Splunk.
ADITYA KAUSHIK - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 22, 2024
Darktrace provides better visibility into network risks, allowing you to take preemptive action against risky user behavior.
OO
Aug 20, 2019
A simple, powerful AI solution that just does all the work for you when you turn it on.
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IA
Jul 7, 2021
I have found the most valuable features to be artificial intelligence for cybersecurity, advanced machine learning capabilities, enterprise Immune System, Antigena Network, and Antigena Email. The way the solution detects the threat over the network before it spreads is very good. It notifies you of what the threat is exactly doing and gives you all the details about the execution of that application that had created the threat over your network.
Graham Peck - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 26, 2020
Ability to see events and exactly what traffic or website the device had tried to connect to that raised the alert or issue.
DaliaHassen - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 14, 2023
The solution is outstanding from a monitoring perspective.
MP
Jul 29, 2024
The autonomous response is also highly designed in Darktrace.
reviewer1509096 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 24, 2021
In terms of features, the data or information they collect and unsupervised machine learning are very valuable. Its unsupervised machine learning has reduced our team's effort. Both Darktrace and Vectra work on unsupervised machine learning that learns the behavior or develops a profile on its own, which allows our security team to do some other tasks rather than spending time on Darktrace or Vectra. Because of unsupervised machine learning, its detection capability is quite good. Along with that, if we utilize the integration feature properly, the automated incident response capability of Darktrace is quite useful.
reviewer1215816 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 27, 2020
AI analytics are built directly into the product.
reviewer1594866 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 27, 2023
t was pretty as far as the granularity of what you were getting out of it.
 

Darktrace Cons review quotes

VI
Dec 16, 2020
It would be good if they can include some endpoint protection for remote workers. Nowadays, most people are working remotely. Therefore, they should include some type of sensors that can be installed on the endpoint in order to directly report the main usage and protect remotely. Phone protection will also be a great feature to add to Darktrace.
ADITYA KAUSHIK - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 22, 2024
Darktrace needs significant improvement in its notification capabilities.
OO
Aug 20, 2019
It could build in integrations for some complementary products, but it has an assistant plugin so this is not really a big deal.
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IA
Jul 7, 2021
In an upcoming release, there could be more customizable playbooks or a library of playbooks to choose from.
Graham Peck - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 26, 2020
The product doesn't have an endpoint agent that can react to triggers set on the device,
DaliaHassen - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 14, 2023
Darktrace is a closed technology, meaning we know very little about how it works, including the architecture, which is significant. As a result, when we implement the system and find we're getting many false positives, we have minimal insight into why it's happening and what we can do to fix it. We don't know how the solution is configured, the criteria for threats to be determined, or the product's inner workings. We understand that they have to ensure privacy and their copyright, but we want to see some documentation or public research into the security Darktrace provides.
MP
Jul 29, 2024
Darktrace should have more automation and integrations with other security monitoring tools.
reviewer1509096 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 24, 2021
In terms of improvements, fine-tuning is the area where we have to spend some time because it works on unsupervised machine learning. It would be good if they can improve their algorithm or technical functionality to reduce the fine-tuning effort. They can also come up with something at the endpoint level. So far, Darktrace has been a network detection response (NDR) solution. It does not offer much at the endpoint level or on user-client devices or servers. There should be more visibility at the endpoint level. It would be good to have the detection and response at the endpoint level by Darktrace. It should also have integration with an agile environment so that we can have continuous development and continuous integration in the application development environment. This is currently not there. It should also have internet-facing platform visibility, which is currently missing. They also need to improve the reporting and management dashboards. Currently, these are not so easy for a non-technical person. All these features would make Darktrace much better, and they would also be helpful in selling more solutions.
reviewer1215816 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 27, 2020
A reporting portal could be a great addition to help customize reports.
reviewer1594866 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 27, 2023
The price point for the product was too high for what our possible use case could be.